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Harney Mail Fraud
Trial on Land Sale
Believed Near Jury
SHOWS SWITZERLAND This map shows
Switzerland, a small European country which
has known peace for more than hall a cen
tury. The inset map locates Switzerland in
relation to the rest of Europe. (UPI)
Swiss Express Happiness With
Way Their Country Is Operated
By CHARLES LA ROCHE
United Press International
ZURICH (UPI) - When the
Swiss people were asked in a
recent international poll wheth
er they wore satisfied with
their country and the way it
was run, 79 per cent of those
who answered said they liked
it just fine and were happy to
live in it.
This isn't surprising. Switzer
land has been at peace and
has been for more than half a
century.
In many ways it is a tour
ist's paradise, too, but there is
one thing the visitor learns
quickly and sometimes with
a little disappointment: The
yodelling mountaineer in knee
pants is no more common to
Switzerland than war-bonneted
Indians are to tho United
States.
Small Area Inhabited
Switzerland Is a small coun
try with an area of 15,944 miles
or roughly twice the size of New
Jersey. It has 5,1100,000 inhabi
tants, four-fifths of whom are
crowded into one-fifth of the
country's area the flat or
rolling "midlands."
Most of Switzerland sits
astride the roof of Europe where
the Alps reach 12,000 or more
feet into the sky. It has no nat
ural frontiers, sloping away from
the Alpine center like- a pyra
mid toward France on the West,
Germany to the north, Austria
on the bast, and Italy to we
south.
Switzerland's prosperity in
this century has been in aston
ishing contrast with a poverty
that endured for centuries and
even in relatively recent limes
touncl tne country so poor it had
to send its sons to fight as mer
cenaries on the battlefields of
Europe.
The Swiss Guard of the Pope
Is a reminder of the times
when Europe's wars were
fought by soldiers produced by
Switzerland.
Enjoys Prosperity
Today, by virtue of benefits
of the industrial age, the hard
work and craftsmanship of its
people, Switzerland is one of the
richest nations in the world.
Its present high level of econ
omic well being national in
come soared to $8,840 million in
l!)li2 has been termed a
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"super - boom" and statistics
support the term.
In just ten years Swiss ex
ports have doubled to reach the
total of $2.23 billion, or $100 per
capita, as against a figure of
$120 per capita in the United
Slates. Switzerland's gold re
serves are even greater $450
per capita as compared with
$100 per capila in the United
Stales
Unemployment is practically
non-existent (averaging about
150 people) and job demand so
great that in the last ten years
Switzerland has imported 800,
000 workers from other countries.
Lives Comfortable Life I
The average Swiss citizen i
lives a comfortable life. A typ- j
leal example: Ulrich Forrcr, a
40-year-old high school teacher i
who lives with his wife Anila, '
.17, and their two children, Rulf, !
14, and Doris. 9, in a suburban 1
Zurich apartment. Forrcr earns '
about 11150 Swiss fanes (S4II0) !
a month from his teaching which
claims him 35 hours a week.
He earns another 250 francs
($50) giving private tutoring and
occasionally doing some free
lance journalism. Anita docs not
work.
The Forms' apartment is in
a throe-story house with accom
modations for six families. They
have three bedrooms, a living
room, kitchen, hath and a
l roomy balcony. They pay 350
irancs a month tor this.
Food prices are high by Eu-
aimiwtu UJl. t IUUIIU Ul
i prime steak costs II francs
($1.82), a pound of butter 5
francs or $1.15. Eggs run from
2.40 to 3.10 francs (55 to 70
cents) a dozen. Coffee costs 4.50
francs a pound, a pound of po
tatoes 25 centimes (6 cents), a
pound of salad greens one franc
(23 rents). Like practically all
Swiss the Forrcrs have a tele
phone and a radio, not yet tele
vision which has been slow
uak'hiug on In the country.
About one in three families has
television.
PENDLETON (UPI) - The
trial of seven Chicago and Los
Angeles area men charged with
mail fraud and conspiracy in
the sale of Eastern Oregon land
could go to a jury late today.
The defense planned to call
one or two witnesses before
resting its case and Acting U.S.
Attorney Sidney Lezak indicated
he would call two or three in
rebuttal.
U.S. District Judge John F.
Kilkenny instructed both sides
to be prepared to present their
closing arguments today.
Two of the defendants testi
fied Wednesday that they had
little to do with the promotion
of land in Lake Valley, 22 miles
south of Burns.
George Isaacs, 31. of Glendale,
Calif., said he sold 6,919 acres
of land to Harney County Land
Development Corp. for resale.
He said he had no part in pre
paring the multi-colored bro
chure which was mailed by the
corporation to prospective tract
buyers.
The government contends the
advertising misled purchasers
into thinking the Lake Valley
land was surrounded by moun
tains, trees and lakes.
Richard Walker, 41, a Los An
geles attorney, said he first
came into the picture as an in
termediary handling technical
aspects of Harney County Land
Development's purchase. He lat
er became secretary of the cor
poration. Walker testified that he made
suggestions on materials to be
included in a packet sent to
prospective buyers, but he
denied the brochure was intend
ed to mislead.
Earlier, six buvcrs of land in
Lake Valley told the court they
were satisfied with their
purchases, but most said they
had not relied on the advertising
material in making their decision.
"I'm familiar with (hat part
of the country anvwav...! like to
hunt and fish," said Hilding
Lofstram, an Oakridge, Ore.,
logging equipment operator.
Dr. Glen C. Lewis, a Univer
sity of Idaho soil chemist, testi
fied soil samples indicated the
land is "potentially fertile" but
would require periodic fertiliza
tion. Kenneth A. Johnson of On
tario, Ore., a realtor who said
he has sold at least 200,000
acres of Harney and Malheur
County land in the last 10 years,
said the land could best be used
for recreational purposes, with
power and roads installed.
Other-defendants, in addition
to Walker and Isaacs, are Abra
ham and David Koolish, Winnet
ka, III.; Jack Cecil Cherbo, Chi
cago; John M. Phillips Jr.,
Evanston, 111., and Maurice A.
Hall, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Bad Year Seen for
Crab Fishermen
PORTLAND (UPI) - Dale
Snow, Oregon Fish Commission
biologist, told members of the
Commission Wednesday it look
ed like another bad year for
Oregon crab fishermen.
Snow said crabs seem to be
in short supply although fewer
of them have soft shells.
He said something other than
fishing pressure seems to be
responsible for the situation.
Crab season in Oregon opened
Dec. 1.
First Lottery Winner
Makes Another Try
PASADENA, Calif. (UPI) -The
first man to sign a petition
for a state lottery in California
made headlines once before in
another type of lottery.
Victor E. Scalora, 55, now an
East Pasadena shoe repairman,
had his name drawn from a
fishbowl beginning Selective
Service in the United States In
1940.
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Intramural Insults
Opposed by Johnson
Ordinance on Barking
Dogs Turned Down
OXNARD. Calif. (UPI) The
WASHINGTON (UPI)-Presi-
dent Johnson has on several oc
casions recently urged the
American people to refrain
from name - calling and other
forms of intramural insults.
This is certainly a laudable
admonition and to it I would
like In add an appeal of my
own. My pica is this:
If you insist in reviling or vil
ifying someone, please try to be
creative about it.
Frnnkly, the brand of slander
being circulated nowadays is
not only deplorable but boring.
The minting of invectives, which
might be defined as verbal taxi
dermy, seems to be a dying
art.
One rarely encounters a per
son who is highly skilled at
taking the hide off someone. At
lease, it is a rare experience
for me.
People Lose Interest
Weeks and even months go
by without my hearing a single
aulhenlically original maledic
tion. People apparently no long
er take pride in inventing vi
tuperation
it is conducted almost totally
in cliches.
I haven't run across a truly
stylish disparagement since
Speaker ohn W. McCormack,
D-Mass., professed a few years
ago that he held a certain col
league in "minimum high regard."
One novel bit of exercration
did turn up not long ago, how
ever, in a letter that Rep. Mor
ris K. Udall, D-Ariz., received
from one of his constituents.
It said that "of all the rats
and snakes elected to office in
Washington to represent the
people and carry out their wish
es, you rank head and shoul
ders beneath the lowest."
I enjoy shutting my eyes and
trying to visualize someone
ranking head and shoulders be
neath a serpent, but the picture
won't come in.
Nevertheless, it docs present
a challenge. On that score alone
it sinks high above the average
contemporary tirade.
Another fulmination t have
admired recently was directed
at me by a doctor in Ohio who
oecame incensed over some-
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The standards of Billingseatc
nave dropped to the point where j thing I had written.
"Sick. Sif'k. Sick" has rmno In I 11a Hachnrl nff a rlialriha o.r,.
city council Wednesday reject-' be regarded as a clever ex-Resting that I had "descended
... .... muiwiu pieiive. it you denounce some-! from a long line of bachelors."
one as a "rat fink you are Now that is the type of Philip
credited with being a devastat-: pic that made this'nation great,
ing 'it. i If we are going to abuse each
Acrimony, as the President other, let us at least use a little
indicated, is at a high level, but : imagination.
have made it a misdemeanor
to own a dog that "barks un
reasonably." ('ounciliiien called It "unwork
able, and discriminatory."
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